The King of Tricks and Magic

Chapter 229: Ambush In The Castle's Garden (End)

Chapter 229: Ambush In The Castle’s Garden (End)

[ Name: Ren Arken

Age: 14

Race: Human

Strength: 400,000 (+4,300,000 [Mana])

Agility: 500,000 (+7,300,000 [Mana])

Vitality: 1,000,000 (+10,200,000 [Mana])

Mana: ~~~

Spiritual: ~~~

Intellect: 700, 000

Unique Skills:

-Magic cards -Appraisal -Evil gaze -Strengthen -Leap -Basic magics -Magic mastery -Grimoire of death -Real Clone [Heavenly Slime] -Eye of Wisdom -Sword God -Fenrir Arken -Reo Arken -Predator of the sky -Wild Beasts Skills -Knight’s soul -Defiler of the banished, Ataraxia -Slime Soul Diversion -Slime technique: Split -Tarot Emperor -Master of The Dragon King, Atlas]

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*Slash!*

It’s a fast and swift slash, but with a composed look, Slime Tarot evaded the sudden attack coming from beside of him rather easily as he freed himself from Saintess Elvira’s grip, and jumped backward.

“Hero Lian!!” Saintess Elvira shouted the name of the figure that suddenly appear before her with his sword unsheathed.

“Are you okay, lady saintess?” Asked Hero Lian as he stands in front of Saintess Elvira firmly as if trying to block her from Slime’s view.

“I’m fine… I-It’s not like you think, we’re just-” (Saintess Elvira)

“Well, well, well. It seems like your friend here didn’t get taught manners and tact like you as well, lady saintess,” (Slime)

“What are you plotting, Slime Tarot. What kind of business do you have with the saintess?” Asked Hero Lian sharply.

“My, my. Aren’t you an overprotective one, young hero? You should know that hasty men are not popular with women, don’t you agree, lady saintess?” Slime continues to provoke Hero Lian in a frivolous manner.

“If you think that I’m going get easily provoked by you, then you’re wrong, Slime Tarot. This is your last chance, now tell me, what business do you have with Saintess Elvira!?” Hero Lian raised his voice higher.

“Hm… What should I answer, I wonder… What kind of business do a man and a woman could have in the middle of the night like this, Hero Lian? I believe you must have something in mind,” (Slime)

Unlike before, Slime’s provocation seems to make through Hero Lian’s mind as he immediately rushed towards Slime.

“You bastard!!” (Hero Lian)

“Oops!” (Slime)

Fueled by his anger, Hero Lian immediately entered his full-power fighting mode, making him dash into Slime with a terrifying speed. His aim is to knock Slime Tarot out with the hilt of his sword, but as he is about to strike him, another voice belonging to Slime Tarot appeared behind him.

“Careless is the biggest cause of death on the battlefield, don’t you agree?” (Slime)

!?!?!?!?

Hero Lian immediately jumped and retreated to his original position in reflex. He could feel his body shiver when he heard Slime’s voice that is filled with murderous intent.

(Just, what did happened…?) (Hero Lian)

“Confused?” The second Slime Tarot that appeared behind Hero Lian asked with a smirk as he tapped the first Slime Tarot’s shoulder that Hero Lian was about to strike with his sword’s hilt before, and-

(I-It’s a shadow?) (Hero Lian)

The body turns out to be a clone made from shadows, and as if it’s originally part of it, the shadows that formed the clone slowly merged with the shadow beneath the real Slime Tarot’s feet.

“Shadow magic…” (Saintess Elvira)

Hero Lian had seen Slime Tarot’s strength when he first appeared between Hero Lian and Peter to stop their fight when they got too carried away by the fight. He knows he’s strong, even though the mana aura he’s emitting is weaker than the Grandarian king, Peter, Hero Lian knew that he should have some aces beneath his sleeves that made him even stronger.

But there is only one thing that made Hero Lian feel very uncomfortable before Slime Tarot.

(The feeling as if he had seen through me, and the fact that I could not comprehend anything beneath those eyes of his is frustrating… I guess as expected of the Grandarian king to be able to befriend this kind of person…) (Hero Lian)

“You should know that you’ve died once, Hero Lian. Don’t you think you should be even wiser by now?” (Slime)

“Hmph! Even if you strikes me back then, I would have blocked it easily,” Hero Lian snorted.

“Really? Then I guess that my ‘words’ had given you much more damage than my strike, seeing that you retreated that far just because of my mere ‘words’ not because of my strike,” (Slime)

“You… Eh? Saintess?” Hero Lian couldn’t help but call Saintess Elvira with a confused tone as he saw that Saintess Elvira had walked towards Slime Tarot and stood before him as if she’s trying to protect Slime Tarot from him.

“Stop it, Hero Lian! I’m the one who called him here, and he’s here without having any malicious intention to me! If you launched another attack towards him, it will look as if I’m trying to set him up,” said Saintess Elvira strongly towards Hero Lian.

“Eh? You’re the one who called him here?” (Hero Lian)

“Yes, I am. Is that a problem, Hero Lian?” (Saintess Elvira)

Hero Lian got silent for a while as he’s trying to process the new information that he just got. In the past, along their journey, Saintess Elvira will always tell him everything about her plans and everything that she was about to do as she knew that he’s worried about her.

But this time, he went to search for her as she’s not in her room and she didn’t say anything about meeting a person from the Tarot Empire at the royal garden of the Grandarian Kingdom. Since she didn’t say anything, he thought that she might be in trouble, and he end up immediately concluding that she’s about to get harmed by the man from the Tarot Empire.

“But you did not tell me anything…?” (Hero Lian)

“I believe I have no obligation to tell you everything I’m about to do, though, Hero Lian,” Answered the Saintess Elvira calmly.

“W-well that’s true…” (Hero Lian)

(What is this… The mood got so awkward right now that I don’t know what to do… What the hell is this, a fight between a couple? Why the hell do I feel like I’m the one trying to steal the hero’s girl?) (Slime Tarot)

“I see… I guess it’s a misunderstanding from my side, sir Slime. Please forgive my rudeness for attacking you out of nowhere,” said Hero Lian as he sincerely bowed towards Slime.

(As expected of a hero, huh. He’s fast in admitting his mistakes) (Slime)

“Well, it’s fine, Hero of the Holy Empire. People have their own perspectives, and it’s in some way is my fault as well for not noticing how the others might interpret what I’m doing with the lady saintess. Since it’s not your fault alone, let’s drop this matter,” (Slime Tarot)

“Indeed… That’s a very wise way of thought indeed… Thank you for your generosity, sir Slime,” (Hero Lian)

“It’s fine, don’t mind it, hero. Making the hero hold a good impression of me will only give me and the Tarot empire benefits, after all,” answered Slime with a shrug.

“Let me apologize for his rudeness as well, Mr. Slime. If I knew it would lead to such a misunderstanding, I would have told all my comrades that I’m going to meet you here to avoid misunderstandings. It seems that my misjudgment has almost given you harm, I’m sorry,” Apologized Saintess Elvira as she bowed her head.

“I-It’s fine, lady saintess. You don’t need to apologize to such an extent. It’s partly my fault for meeting a delicate lady in such a middle of the night, it’s normal for people to hold some suspicions. You don’t need to apologize since rather than harm, getting the opportunity to enjoy the moon together with a holy beauty could only be considered as a great benefit in my side, after all,” said Slime as he gives a graceful thankful bow.

“Fufufufu! What an eloquent tongue you have there, Mr. Slime,” (Saintess Elvira)

“Thanks for the compliment. Anyway, it seems that my exchange of blows with Hero Lian had made quite a commotion,” said Slime as he stared at the nearby castle walls, lights from the torches had lits together with sounds of footsteps that must come from the royal castle’s guards.

“T-The guards…” (Saintess Elvira)

Having a person from the Tarot Empire entering the royal castle of the kingdom without any official notice will give quite a commotion, knowing that, Saintess Elvira and Hero Lian couldn’t help but get slightly panic because of the scene.

“You need to, eh?”

As if Slime Tarot is part of the night’s darkness, shadows gathered around him and started to envelop his body except for his face.

“Tonight is quite fun, I guess I need to express my gratitude for showing me an interesting sight. Let’s meet again in other days, lady saintess, brave hero,” (Slime)

*Whoosh!*

The shadows dissipated to the thin air together with Slime Tarot, leaving only the Hero Lian and the Saintess Elvira standing at the royal garden of the Grandarian kingdom.

“That… [Shadow Warp], huh…” (Hero Lian)